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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE,
(Legislative Department)
New Dethi, the Ist January, 2016/Pausha 11, 1937 (Saka)
‘The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
3st December, 2015, and ishereby published for general information:
THE PAYMENT OF BONUS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015
No. 6 oF 2016
[Blst December, 2015.)
An Act further to amend the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965,
Boitenacted by Paliamentin the Sity-sith Year ofthe Republic of Indi as follows: —
1, (J) This Act may be called the Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015. hort le
(2) Itshall be deemed to have come into force on the Ist day of April, 2014 Bomensement
2 of 196s, 2. In section 2 of the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (hercinafter referred to as the Amendment
principal Act), in clause (13), forthe words “ten thousand rupees", the words "twenty-one of sseion 2
thousand rupees” shall be substituted
3. In ection 12 ofthe principal Act — Amendment
of section 12
(@ for the words “three thousand and five hundred rupees” at both the places
where they oceur, the words “seven thousand rupees oF the minimum wage forthe
schediuled employment, a fixed by the appropriate Government, whichever is higher"
shall respectively be substitateds
(Gi) the following. Explanation shall be inserted atthe end, namely:‘THE GAZETTE OFINDIAEXTRAORDINARY __[Paerll-Ssc.1]
‘Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression
“scheduled employment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in